Inhaler.



PATBNTBD JAN. 1s, 1903.

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INHALER. APPLICATION FILED Aneflz, 1902.

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CLARENCE W. TAYLOR, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

INHALER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,400, dated January 13, 1903. Application filed August 12 1902. Serial No. 119,425. (No model.)`

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE W. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Inhalers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to'certain new and useful improvements in inhalers.

The invention aims to provide a cheap practical inhaler adapted to the use of any kind of inhalant, and especially useful with crystals, solids, andv suitable absorbent or bibulous material carrying medicaments.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved inhaler of few parts, of practical utility, efficient in its use, and cornparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

A further objectof the invention is to produce an inhaler which can be closed by the placing thereon or the employment thereof of a single cap or cover, and which is so constructed that when removed the inhaler will be ready for use. Furthermore, the cap Aor cover is adapted to close both the ingress and egress of air to the inhaler when the cap` or cover is in position.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter more specifically described, illustratedV in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, froming a part of this specification, vwherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in whichu Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the inhaler with the cap or cover thereon. Fig.

' 2 is a like view with the cap or cover removed, and Fig. 3 shows a sectional elevation of the inhaler with a modified form of inhaler-tube.

Referring tothe drawings by reference-numerals, l denotes the body of theinhaler,which is s ubstantiallyY cylindrical in contour and provided with a closed bottom 2 and an open top. The periphery of the portion 1, near the top edge thereof, is formed with screwthreads, which are adapted to engage the screw-threads on the inner face of the cap or cover 3. By this arrangement the cap or cover 3 is suitably connected to the body portion of the inhaler for closing the same. Other means may be employed for connecting the cap to the body portion l than that as disclosed. The periphery of the body portion, near the upper end thereof, is cut away, so as to form a shoulder 4. Above this shoulder 4 is the screw-threaded portion above referred to. The shoulder 4 is adapted to be engaged by the edge of the cap 3 when the latter is in position. The upper portion of the body portion of the inhaler, which is termed the container, is provided with a circumferentially-extending series of openings or slots 5, forming air-passages. These openings 5 are arranged a suitable distance from the top edge of the container, and' between the said openings and top edge of the container and within the latter is secured a disk 6, provided with a centrally-arranged opening 7, through which extends the hollow inhaler-tube 8.

The tube 8 extends to near the bottom 2 of the'body portion or container l and has its lower end portion perforated, as at 8a. The end of the tube 8 is closed, but perforated, as at 8b. The tube 8 may be constructed of such material that the perforated end 8b will be in tegral with the perforated lower portion 8a; but it will be evident that any ordinary means may be employed for closing the lower end of the inhaler-tube if it is not formed integral with the tube, as above stated. Such means may be a screen, a perforated disk, or the equivalent. The tube 8 is further provided at its outer or upper end with a bulbous portion 9, which is open. The bulbous portion 9 may be omitted and the tube made of uniform diameter throughout, if desired. The tube 8^When in position is adapted to be supported by the disk 6.- -In Fig. 3 is shown a modified form of inhaler-tube, as indicated by the reference-numeral 8c and which is constructed with its lower end open, as at 8d; but its lower end portion is provided with perforations, as indicated at 8e. These perforations are the same as the perforations 8l1 in the tube 8. The inhaler-tube 8 is constructed with a closed but perforated lower portion, so that the entrance of air to the tube will not be prevented; but the entrance of crystals when they are employed instead ofthe ordinary absorbent material to the tube will be prevented-that is to say, when the crystals are employed in the container. The crystals in some instances Will clog the tube if the lower end is entirely open. Therefore it will be evident that the perforated lower end of lthe tube, although preventing the entrance of the crystals to the tube, will not prevent the entrance of air thereto.

The body portion l of the inhaler may be constructed of any suitable material, preferably glass or hard rubber, as well as the cap or cover 3. The inhaler-tube may also be constructed of any suitable material, Stich as glass or hard rubber, as well as the disk 5. The latter may also be constructed of cork. The cap or cover 3 is constructed of a single piece and easily removed from or connected to the body portion of the container and when connected to the latter closes the air-openings through the wall of the container, as well as the inhaler-tube, which keeps the latter free from dust, d50. The inhaler is ready for use when the cap is removed, for the reason that no impractical parts are required to register or cooperate with other parts. A material advantage possessed by the inhaler is that a physician can ll the same with his own medicament prescribed for special cases.

Any form of absorbent material for the medicament may be employed.

It is thought the many advantages of my improved inhaler can be fully understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be noted that minor changes in the details of construction maybe made without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In aninhaler, a container having a closed bottom and an open top and a plurality of airinlets near the top edge thereof, a disk secured in the container above the said air-inlets, an inhaler-tube extending through said disk to near the bottom of the container, and a cap adapted to be connected to the inhaler for closing the same through the tube and the said air-inlets.

2. In an inhaler, a container open at its top and closed at its b0ttom,said container formed with a series of air-inlets through the wall thereof, a disk secured within the container near the top thereof, and an inhaler-tube eX- tending within the container to near the bottom thereof and through the said disk.

3. In an inhaler, a container having the upper portion of its periphery screw-threaded and formed with a plurality of air-inlets in said screw-threaded portion, a disk secured in the container above the said air-inlets, an

tisane inhaler tube ext-ending' through said disk into the said container, and a screw-threaded cap adapted to engage the screw-threads of the container for securing the said cap thereto, said cap further adapted to close the said air-inlets when it is connected to the container and the tube.

4. In an inhaler, a container having an open top, a closed bottom and its Wall formed with a series of air-inlets, a disk secured in the said container, and an inhaler-tube extending in said container to near the bottom thereof.

5. In an inhaler, a container having an open top, a closed bottom and its wall formed with a series of air-inlets, a disk secured in the said container, and an inhaler-tube extending in said container to near the bottom thereof and having an enlarged upper end.

(i. In an inhaler, a container havingits wall formed with a plurality of air-inlets, means connected to the top of said container for closing it, and an inhaler-tube extending through said means into the container.

7. In an inhaler, a container having its Wall formed with a plurality of air-inlets, a closure means for the top of said container, an inhaler-tube extending through Asaid means into the container, and a cap adapted to be connected to said container for closing the air-inlets of the container and the upper end of the tube.

8. In an inhaler, a container formed in its wall with a series of air-inlets, a disk secured in said container above the said air-inlets, an inhaler-tube extending through said disk and projecting above and below the same, the outer end of said tube provided with a bulbous portion, and a cap for closing the upper end of said container and the upper end of the tube.

9. In an inhaler, acontainer havingits wall formed with a plurality of air-inlets, means engaging with the top of said container for closing it, and an inhalertube extending through said means into the container and having a perforated lower end.

l0. In an inhaler,a container having its Wall formed with a plurality of air-inlets, a closure means for the top of said container, and an inhaler-tube extending through said means into the container, said tube having its up-` per end open and its lower end and lower end portion perforated.

1l. In an inhaler, acontainer havingits wall formed with a plurality of air-inlets, a closure means for the top said container, an inhaler-tube extending through said means into the container, said tube having its upper end open and its lower end and lower end portion perforated, and a cap adapted to he connected to said container for closing the air-inlets thereof and the upper end of the tube.

12. In an inhaler, a container, a closure means for the top of the container, said con- ICO IIO

tainer provided with air-inlets below the said my hand in presence of two subscribing witclosure means, an iuhaler-tube arranged in nesses. and projecting above said container, and a.

cap lftdapted to be connected to said con- CLARENCE'W TAYLOR 5 tainer for closing the saine and the upper Witnesses:

end of the tube. R. H. BROWN,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set GRANT J. ROSS. 

